The An Giang province was officially registered into the administrative system in 1832 ( during the 13th year of Minh Mang dynasty). it belongs to the six-province group: Gia Dinh - Bien Hoa - Dinh Tuong - Vinh Long - Ha Tien and An Giang.

The An Giang residents gathered on this land since the seventeenth century were mostly exiled people from the North an Central Vietnam coming to explore and open the land. An Giang has a wet rice civilisation where the economy is mostly agricultural renowned for its rice and aquatic production, along with the profession of on -river aquaculture (fish rafts).

The original specialties of An Giang are prepared from agro-products like the Chau Doc pickled fish, various dried foods, Thot Lot sugar and also include art & handicraft products.

Situated at its source and border position, An Giang has plains, rivers, ditches and forests at the same time and also a system of grandiose mountains ...Renowned are the Seven Mountains chain in the two Tinh Bien and Tri Ton districts and the Sam mountain (Chau Doc) having an ancient historic and cultural vestige site and the Sap mountian with the Oc Eo cultural vestige site.

There are 4 peoples of Kinh, Hoa, Cham and Khmer living together and forming a rather unique community culture with popular and folk festivals of originality such as the Sam mountain Mother Saint Xu's festival day (of national level), the Dolta festival (Khmer), the Ramadan festival (Cham).

Due to its revolutionary struggle An Giang was conferred the title of "Hero of the People's Armed Forces", it is also the late President Ton Duc Thang'S birthplace.